Engineering Transfer Criteria

Students who want to transfer into any of Purdue's engineering disciplines (professional schools) should use this page as a reference for admission requirements.

Prior to applying, review the closed programs page to confirm that your desired engineering program is available to transfer students.

Carefully review the admission requirements below. There are specific course requirements to transfer into any Purdue engineering discipline as well as discipline-specific GPA requirements .

Purdue regional campuses and some other Indiana universities offer courses that meet the course requirements necessary for transfer students to be considered for admission to engineering professional programs. If you're enrolled at one of these institutions, use this list of equivalencies to plan your curriculum.

First-Year Engineering Transfer Criteria

To be considered, transfer students interested in entering First-Year Engineering must have completed and earned a GPA of at least a 3.0 (4.0 scale) in the following coursework:

At least one of the following - Chemistry II (CHM 11600), CS programming (CS 15900), Biology I (BIOL 11000, 11100) or PHYS 17200 (if not used for #2).

A second course from #3 above (preferred) or one of the following: English composition, communications or other humanities course.

Transfer into an Engineering Professional School

Following is coursework Purdue engineering students take during their freshman year. Those who want to transfer into one of the University's specific engineering disciplines (professional schools) must have completed equivalents for all1 of these courses and must meet the discipline-specific minimum GPA in this coursework. Course numbers in parentheses are the required Purdue course equivalencies. For example, to satisfy the CHM 11500 requirement the course should be listed in the online transfer credit course equivalency guide as being equivalent to Purdue's CHM 11500.

1Applicants with all of the courses listed above, with the exception of ENGR 13100 & 13200, and who are currently in an engineering program may still apply if they have at least 45 semester credit hours (including the current semester). If your Introduction to Engineering courses are not in the online database, you may be asked to provide a syllabus of the courses before the admissions decision is made.

2Students transferring from Purdue Calumet, IPFW, IUPUI (Indianapolis campus) or Vincennes University may use this online list of equivalencies for courses available at their respective institutions.

3Courses equivalent to ENGR 10000 and ENGR 12600 may be substituted for ENGR 13100 and ENGR 13200.

Minimum GPA Requirements

Aeronautical and Astronautical: 3.0

Agricultural: 2.7 (Apply through the College of Agriculture)

Biological: 3.0 (no transfer admissions for spring), (Apply through the College of Agriculture)

Biomedical: (no transfer admissions)

Chemical: 3.5

Civil: 3.0

Computer: 3.0

Construction Engineering and Management (CEM): 2.5 (CEM transfer applicants must contact the CEM advising office and have a plan of study outline completed and approved before applying. Contact cem4u@purdue.edu with "transfer student prelim plan of study review" in the subject line. The advisors, Brandon Fulk and Bonnie Sondgeroth, may also be reached at 765-494-2243.)

Electrical: 3.0

Environmental and Ecological: 3.0

Environmental and Natural Resources: 2.7 (Apply through the College of Agriculture)